butler
/ˈbʌt.lɚ/ verb C2- To buttle, to dispense wines or liquors; to take the place of a butler.
He/she/it butlers · Past butlered · Past participle butlered · -ing form butlering
Verb forms
- Base form
- butler
- He/she/it
- butlers
- Past
- butlered
- Past participle
- butlered
- -ing form
- butlering
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Such, in its essentials, was the evidence of the butler.
“An easy-going, free-handed gentleman,” said Ames, the butler.
The white-faced servants were huddling together in the hall, with the frightened butler wringing his hands in the doorway.
The three men entered the fatal room together, while the horror-stricken butler followed at their heels, closing the door behind him to shut out the terrible scene from the maid servants.
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